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Looking for some technical specifications about battery in the forum, I didn't find anything, so I have some questions and suggestions regarding it.

Has anyone evaluated the total amount of current, in order to define battery requirements?

In a "Open Hardware" obviously we cannot mount a proprietary cell pack (ex: an HP laptop battery pack), but it's necessary to design a specific one. Some considerations, based on my job experience:

A custom solution is unfortunately a very expensive solution (I think total cost could be more than 100 euro)

For small productions like this project, manufacturers could change package dimensions or close production without any notice.

My suggestion is to find possibly more than one manufacturer and a package as common as possible, in order to fit different products in the same area reserved in the chassis.Has anyone already looked for battery solutions?

good job! Battery you posted is perfect for a notebook application: voltage, charge, dimensions are all compatible for a notebook. Maybe a different connettor would be better Considering the different consumer applications for these types of battery packs, I think it's possible to obtain a custom battery for a notebook without any particular effort.